UK claims to lead the world on the global warming fight yet permission has just given to plans for a large expansion of a coal mine

One of the recognition’s worldwide is that if we are to avoid the worst of global warming the majority of carbon left in the earth must remain there. This particularly applies to coal.

Durham county council has given permission to hugely expand the amount of coal they are going to dig out
Continue reading “UK claims to lead the world on the global warming fight yet permission has just given to plans for a large expansion of a coal mine”

Greening the western lifestyle

If we are to be able to continue to live on planet Earth we are going to need to stop releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is unfortunate that at the current time, this simple fact is not looked on as a fact by some of the big world leaders.

One of the difficult things to look at is that some of the publicised success the UK has had in the last couple of decades is false. When looking carefully you can see that we have exported the emissions, by having things manufactured in India or China for example. This makes it clear that much of the pressure on manufacturers must come from consumers rather than governments. Continue reading “Greening the western lifestyle”

See Animals Wild